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William Bann: Mar 15, 2021 12:00:00 AM
Engineering Thermoplastics (ETP) market participants are facing a period of uncertainty heading into the second quarter of 2021 as a myriad of...
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Regina Sousa: Mar 12, 2021 12:00:00 AM
The historically cold winter storm that struck the US Gulf Coast mid-February led to widespread shutdowns of petrochemical facilities and oil...
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Hira Saeed: Mar 3, 2021 12:00:00 AM
The orthoxylene market has had a strong start to 2021, where the US and Europe have both seen healthy demand and prices have shown increases. Demand...
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ResourceWise: Mar 2, 2021 12:00:00 AM
For one reason or another supply of PVC in several regions around the world has been disrupted over the last six months. In Europe, the region saw an...
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Tecnon OrbiChem: Feb 23, 2021 12:00:00 AM
The historically cold winter storm that struck the US Gulf Coast beginning the weekend of 13-14 February led to widespread shutdowns of petrochemical...
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Javier Rivera: Feb 11, 2021 12:00:00 AM
The concerns relating to the availability of PET in December, as European producers struggled to bring plants back online following scheduled...
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ResourceWise: Feb 10, 2021 12:00:00 AM
Investments are ramping up for chemicals, materials, and fuel using woody biomass and pulp by-products for feedstock. Supply and demand for crude...
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ResourceWise: Feb 9, 2021 12:00:00 AM
Global maleic anhydride markets were booming in the last quarter of 2020 and the early part of the New Year. China was a little ahead of the curve...
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ResourceWise: Feb 4, 2021 12:00:00 AM
Unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) prices have been on an upward trajectory since the fourth quarter of 2020. Consecutive price increase announcements...
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Javier Rivera: Feb 3, 2021 12:00:00 AM
As we moved into the Q4 2020, outstanding demand of PET in the US has improved the performance of producers in America. Not only in the US and North...
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Rachel Uctas: Feb 1, 2021 12:00:00 AM
Shifting demand patterns, a string of production outages, and the consequence of low industry stocks have lifted butyl acrylate prices dramatically...
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Regina Sousa: Jan 29, 2021 12:00:00 AM
The North American MDI market is still tight as 2021 gets underway. Crude and pure MDI are heard to be short, even though operators have started to...
